Everybody knows by name the 8 planets of the solar system (sorry Pluto).
But what about the 181 moons?
Our moon is the biggest relative to its planet.
The size of moons and planets inside a card are in proportion.
The size of moons and planets inside a card are in proportion.
Phobos could fit inside Olympus Mons, the tallest known mountain of the Solar system.
Back of the card, with orbits of the inner planets
Ganymede is the biggest moon of the Solar system, bigger than Mercury.
Titan is the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only object other than Earth where clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.
All the moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of
William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.
Triton makes up more than 99% of the mass of Neptune's moons
Back with orbits of the gas giants
There are currently 5 recognized dwarf planets, but the number could grow up to hundreds.
Ceres is the only one in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter), the others are trans neptunian.
Ceres is the only one in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter), the others are trans neptunian.
